Fandango (wrestler)
Appearance
Fandango | |
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Birth name | Curtis Jonathan Hussey |
Born | Portland, Maine, U.S. | July 22, 1983
Professional wrestling career | |
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Billed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)[2] |
Billed weight | 257 lb (117 kg)[2] |
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Debut | September 1999 |
Curtis Jonathan Hussey[4] (born July 22, 1983)[5] is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring name Dirty Dango. He is best known for his time in WWE from 2006 to 2021, where he competed under the ring name Fandango and is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Tyler Breeze. He was also known by the ring name Johnny Curtis when he competed on the fourth season of NXT, which he won. He first competed for Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW), where was a two-time Florida Tag Team Champion with Tyler Reks and Derrick Bateman. His entrance music was popular among WWE fans and so it placed on the iTunes charts and generated coverage in mainstream media.[6]
Championships and accomplishments
[change | change source]- Eastern Wrestling Alliance
- EWA Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Kamikaze (2) and Brian Black (1)[7]
- Florida Championship Wrestling
- FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Tyler Reks (1) and Derrick Bateman (1)[8][9]
- Independent Connecticut Championship Wrestling
- ICCW Connecticut Championship (1 time)[10]
- Immortal Championship Wrestling
- ICW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[11]
- Northeast Championship Wrestling
- Power League Wrestling
- PLW New England Championship (1 time)[13]
- Premier Wrestling Federation
- PWF Northeast Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[14]
- PWF Northeast Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Kenn Phoenix[15][16]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- South Coast Championship Wrestling
- SCCW Lightweight Championship (1 time)[18]
- Superstars Of Wrestling Federation
- SWF Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[19]
- WWE
- NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tyler Breeze[20]
- NXT (season 4)[21]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Dirty Dango Bio". ITotal Nonstop Action Wrestling.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fandango Bio". World Wrestling Entertainment.
- ↑ "Johnny Curtis". Florida Championship Wrestling. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
- ↑ Butterly, Amelia (March 10, 2014). "WWE's Fandango: Concussion campaign really beneficial". BBC News. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- ↑ Defelice, Robert (July 26, 2021). "Fandango Believes Karrion Kross Will Be A Big Star In WWE If He Learns To Not 'Sell' Any Frustration". Fightful. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
37-year-old me knows that now but 26-year-old me didn't at the time.
- ↑ Martin, Adam (April 13, 2013). ""Fandangoing" continues to gain attention in sports and online". WrestleView. Archived from the original on September 6, 2013. Retrieved February 17, 2023.
- ↑ "EWA Tag Team Championship History".
- ↑ "Champions Roll Call". Florida Championship Wrestling. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Breaking news from FCW's latest TV Tapings". Florida Championship Wrestling. August 12, 2010. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ↑ "ICCW Connecticut Championship".
- ↑ ICW Heavyweight Championship Cage Match
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Northeast Championship Wrestling championship histories". Archived from the original on June 17, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
- ↑ "Johnny Curtis". Power League Wrestling. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
- ↑ "Title History". Premier Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ↑ "PWF Northeast Tag Team Championship". Premier Wrestling Federation North East. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
- ↑ "Title History". Premier Wrestling Federation. Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved February 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2013". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
- ↑ "Solie's Title Histories: SCW - SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING". www.solie.org. Archived from the original on 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ↑ "SWF Heavyweight Championship History".
- ↑ "NXT Tag Team Championship". WWE. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ↑ Bishop, Matt (March 2, 2011). "WWE NXT: Will Clay or Curtis be crowned next breakout star?". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2011.